This page contains some useful links.
The link to the United States Patent and Trademark Office's website is
www.uspto.gov .
The Patent and Trademark Office's page contains a link that provides
general infromation about patents and
how to get a patent .
Additionally, fees
charged by the United States Patent and Trademark Office
and forms
provided by the Patent and Trademark Office are available.
Further, the Patent and Trademark Office has a section for
assistance for individual inventors
and
resources .
Regarding patents and the embargo on Iran by the US see
31 CFR 560 or more precisely see
31 CFR 560.509 (there seems to be a lot of misinformation on the web about this topic). 31 CFR 560.509 may also be posted on the website for the Department of Treasurey. There may be other statustes, rules, regulations that Iranians need to be consider related to doing business in the US and applying for patents.
Some useful patent related links